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as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage
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as in uncommon
noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced
no one noticed anything extraordinary about the airline passenger
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Recent Examples of extraordinary
Caymanians are notable scientists, environmental activists, filmmakers, producers, artists, writers, fashion designers, chefs, and musicians doing extraordinary things internationally.
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Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
That's an extraordinary statement.
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ABC News,
21 June 2026
As a result, organizations throughout society are beginning to ask an extraordinary question.
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Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Or the extraordinary single foster father who has taken in 47 children and adopted six.
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Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for extraordinary
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
That's an extraordinary statement.
—
ABC News,
21 June 2026
As a result, organizations throughout society are beginning to ask an extraordinary question.
—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
Or the extraordinary single foster father who has taken in 47 children and adopted six.
—
Sydney Page,
Washington Post,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for extraordinary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extraordinary
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What Trump is doing is unusual.
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Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
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Tornadoes are not uncommon in Streator, a small rural town about 100 miles southwest of Chicago.
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Todd Sohn, chief ETF strategist at Strategas Securities, says the pattern is familiar, even if the scale is uncommon.
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To start, Lendeborg is an exceptional passer who can run point from the forward position.
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Collectors are competing for works with scarcity, exceptional provenance, and a clear place in art history.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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The overlap between Juneteenth celebrations and World Cup festivities has created a unique opportunity for Kansas City’s Black cultural institutions.
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The red varieties with burgundy leaves are an excellent contrast to dahlia foliage, and their unique blooms last for weeks in the garden.
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This scene is funny as well as poignant because Albert was played by the late Rob Reiner.
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But while there are occasionally funny moments, these movies are emblematic of the dumbing down of America.
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Even as brutal heat waves become longer, more frequent and more intense in Europe, air conditioning remains very rare in European homes.
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With one out, Paul Goldschmidt beat out a rare infield single before Chisholm homered to right-center.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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“Extraordinary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extraordinary. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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